HON. SOLOMON ADAELU CHANGES THE NARRATIVES OF THE PAST FROM EXCUSES TO ACTION

By Onyenso Adimchinobi Abraham

Hon. Engr. Solomon Adaelu was born in January 1st, 1972 into the middle class family of Engr. and Late Mrs. Emmanuel Onyenmaobi Adaelu. This rare breed and a special gift to Nigeria and humanity attended his Secondary Education at Ngwa High School, Abayi, Aba and obtained his SSCE/WAEC in a grand style in 1992. His love for creativity lured him into securing admission to study Chemical Engineering at the prestigious Federal University Of Technology, Owerri and graduated in the year 2001 With B.Eng chemical Engineering.

Considering his leadership ingenuity there is then, no gainsaying that this industrialist, delved into politics not for self aggrandizement but to better the lots of the citizens as evident both in the positions he held as the commissioner for Public Utility and Water resources in Abia State in the year 2009 and the feat accomplished. He was later appointed the commissioner for Rural Development between the year 2011-2013 before he was elected as a legislator in the National Assembly. During his reign as commissioner, many communities witnessed massive infrastructural development, basic social amenities provision etc, so to improve the living standard of the citizenry.

Today, Engr., Solomon Adaelu is the member, federal house of representative; representing Obingwa, Osisoma Ngwa, and Ugwunagbo federal constituency. He doubles as the deputy Chairman, House committee on Maritime Safety, Education and Administration as well as a house Committee member on Public Petition.

BILLS HE HAS SPONSORED AS A FEDERAL LAW MAKER

These bills, as customary with most of other appropriations are intended to ensure that, although Nigeria remains a nascent democracy, with a very copious learning abilities (intermittent errors and hindsight notwithstanding), the dividends and ethos of democracy realized in very develop democracies like improved living standards, access to basic amenities and facilities etc, will not be farfetched.

Therefore, the bills are as follows;

1. A bill for an act to stipulate a time frame for the executive President and State Governors to avail the names of their cabinet members along their portfolios within 30 days of inauguration to the National and State Houses' of Assemblies for examination and ratification. According to Hon. Adaelu; "the unnecessary delay of the Executive to timely select cabinet members had negative impingement on the economy as it scared away local and foreign investors who would have invested in critical sectors of the economy"

This bill has, true to type, scaled through a second reading in the green carpet chamber.

2. A bill for an act for constituency development funds. This bill is to ensure that 2.5% of the total annual budget be voted to these constituencies and monitored by the constituents rather than what obtains at present where federal government decides and votes in whatever guise, what pleases them for these constituencies. This also is to enable the presence of the federal government be felt on the localities with respect to ameliorating their plights and yearnings.

MOTIONS

First of all, he moved the Motion for checkmating the excessive use of force on civilians by security operatives outside the rules of Engagement on “The Increasing Incidents of Brutality by Security Personnel on Hapless Nigerians”.
The motion was his prompt response following the killings of traders at the Bakassi shoe plaza by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) some months ago in Aba, Abia State.

Secondly, he has moved a motion that seeks to mandate the Nigeria University Commission to upgrade the National Institute of Nigerian Languages, Aba, to a degree awarding institution which will automatically translate to increasing funding of the institution.

Thirdly, he moved a motion which sort to fix the failed portions of the Aba- Ikot Ekpene Road and the Osisioma/ NNPC Old Aba- Owerri Road. This culminated into these roads been penciled down for inclusion in the 2017 Budget of the Federal Ministry of Works for a total rehabilitation and reconstruction. This project when executed will alleviate the sufferings the people resident in those parts of Abia State and passerby encountered while plying these roads.

Fourth, as a house Committee member on public petition, he went into checking the imbalance in federal recruitment. One of such places he effected the recruitment of Abians, is the road safety after he had found out that Abia was having two persons employed into the scheme while other States had about 20 candidates each, out of the 500 newly employed officers.
He cried out about this imbalance in the green chamber and such yielded enormous benefits of employing many other Abians thereafter.

DEVELOPMENTAL PROJECTS

He made a paradigm shift from short term empowerment project to a more durable, long lasting projects. These project are eased to be in phases.

He evolved a program that will have 20 youths from each of the 3 LGAs trained, mentored and empowered.

Setting up easy/quiz competition among the primary and secondary schools in the constituency where the overall best students will be awarded scholarships to the tertiary education level.

A similar long term development projects is the fixing of rural roads in the constituency, hence he approved of his 4years allowances to be used in procuring the following:
a. 3 payloaders
b. 3 graders
c. 3 tractors
d. 3 compactors; one of each to be released in each of the three local governments that make up the constituency; Obingwa, Osisioma Ngwa and Ugwunagbo L.G.As.

On Wednesday 4th January 2017, he will flag off the rural road grading program at Ngwa High School, by 10am, as the governor of Abia State Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu is expected to unveils those equipment procured for this purpose.

Thereafter, a committee will be set up to manage the operations of these equipment and to maximize its usage.

From the 5th of January, he will kickstart a town hall meeting with the constituents to enable them suggest best projects for the constituency so as to reflect on the proposed budget sent to the National Assembly by President Mohammadu Buhari.

The above listed mind boggling achievements only remain a "tip of the iceberg" on what feats the Honorable can attain. Indeed, Honorable Adaelu remains an epitome of politics' new seriousness which prioritizes results in an almost unseemly fashion.

Therefore, by hoarding credible performances, achievements and results so avariciously, our endeared Honorable threatens to shatter most long standing truths (poetic irony) in Nigeria's body polity. Yet, traditional political parameters have had to adjust to accommodate his anomalous exploits.

Above all, while there is already enough inroads for the "icing on the cake" to come by, records will surely have it that there hasn't been any legislator in this part of the clime who has achieved these feats in the recent years, except Hon. Solomon Adaelu.
Ride on our able Honorable.

Long live Obingwa, Osisioma and Ugwunagbo Federal Constituency.
Long live Abia State.
Long Live Federal Republic Nigeria.

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Good one! Also wishing him a happy birthday in arrears cos he celebrated his birthday not quite long ago.
Thumbs up Sir!

Good

Projects/development is the constitutional role of the executive.

legislatures are to ensure that the executive carryout projects as per the budget of the year.